Highlights a rare presentation of primary leiomyosarcoma of the lung in a pediatric patient.
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Alerts clinicians to rare leiomyosarcoma in infant lung masses; leaves open management guidance pending additional reports.
Primary leiomyosarcomas of the lung and trachea are rare tumors. Only five cases have been reported in children (two of a lung, one of a mainstem bronchus, one of the carina, and one of the trachea). We report a new case in a 14-month-old boy and review the previous cases.
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